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When ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder researchers came out with a study in 1998 showing older adults who exercise regularly burn more calories at rest than their sedentary counterparts, it was good news for the active older generation. Now comes some not so good news.

The chief executive officer of Landor Associates, the elite brand-consulting firm that will create the design for the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City and represents companies such as Levi's, Delta Airlines, Xerox and Lucent, will speak at the CU-Boulder College of Business on May 1. Clay Timon, CEO of Landor Associates and an alumnus of the CU-Boulder College of Business, will discuss the advertising industry and his experiences in business.

Editors: Photographers are welcome to photograph the delivery of books to the Family Learning Center on Wednesday, April 25, at 10 a.m. More than 1,350 new and used children's books collected in the "Bagel for a Book" drive, sponsored by the CU-Boulder Office of Community Affairs and Moe's Broadway Bagel, will find new homes this week at area schools, hospitals, shelters and education centers.

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder has completed the bidding process for undertaking reclamation and drainage work on the CU-Boulder South property. The estimated cost of the work to be performed is $250,000. The project will involve moving poorly drained water through an underground pipe system into existing ponds, minor re-grading of low spots, cleaning of an irrigation lateral and re-seeding portions of the site. The improvements will alleviate pooling that has occurred as a result of mining reclamation on the site.

The United Mexican American ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ organization at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will present its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration on Monday, April 30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Forum Room at the University Memorial Center. This year's celebration, "Aztlan Ahuac: Going Back to Where We Came From," will feature keynote speakers Patrisia Gonzales and Robert Rodriguez, syndicated columnists for the Column of the Americas. Folklorico dancers "Sabor Latino" and Mariachi "La Musica de Agustin Cordova" are scheduled to perform.

A hand-propelled scooter for a child with cerebral palsy, a "Rube Goldberg" coin-sorting machine and a wagon that rolls on square wheels are among the creative inventions to be demonstrated at the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory's Spring Design Expo at CU-Boulder on Saturday, April 28.

David Budd, associate professor of geological sciences, and Daniel Connors, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, are the recipients of CU-Boulder's Big 12 Faculty Fellowships for spring 2001. The selections were announced by Ofelia Miramontes, associate vice chancellor of diversity and equity.

Fiske Planetarium at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder will hold Astronomy Day activities including sunspot viewing, guided tours of the planetarium and a matinee starshow called "Follow the Drinking Gourd," on Saturday, April 28, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Astronomy Day is an annual event celebrated at planetariums and astronomy clubs around the world that is meant to bring astronomy to the public.

James Oliver Horton, professor of American Studies and history at George Washington University, will lecture on "Exploring the Racial Frontiers of Public History" on Wednesday, May 2, at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder. Horton, who is also director of the Afro-American Communities Project of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution, will address the efforts of historians to present America's racial past to the American public at historical sites.

Jared Polis, the former owner of bluemountain.com, the highly successful online greeting card service, will speak at the CU-Boulder College of Business on April 25. The popular Web site was sold to Excite@Home in 1999 for $780 million.